16th SIG-CISS meeting

The 16th SIG-CISS meeting of the GÉANT Community Programme  will take place at the Tecnopolo di Bologna, Italy, hosted by ICSC Foundation and INFN, on December 3-4, 2025.

It will be implemented as a Joint workshop with ICSC and INFN.   

The main  focus topics will be Storage Federations and Global Storage Infrastructures. 

EVENT DURATION
The event will run over 1,5 days (1 afternoon + 1 full day):
it will start on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 1 PM CET and will finish on Thursday, December 4, at 5:30 PM CET.

The agenda will be published both here and on the indico page on events.geant.org in the coming weeks.
Additional information on the event will also follow in the coming weeks. 

CALL FOR ABSTRACT IS OPEN (Until October 31, 2025 ):
You can submit your contributed presentation  (20 minutes presentations) via the following form: https://bit.ly/fed-storage-workshop 

REGISTRATION LINK AND EVENTS INDICO PAGES:
Please register (in person or on-line participation) on   https://events.geant.org/event/1939/        ← PLEASE REGISTER HERE

WORKSHOP topics: The proposed sessions will cover:

1. Storage solutions and federations in EOSC-related project proposals
2. AAI integration with storage services and resources; mapping of global federated users to local resources
3. Data access protocols and technologies to handle sensitive data
4. Workflow modelling and management, possibly covering AI-enabled solutions
5. Data access and data management at the Edge
6. Scalability metrics measured over distributed federated sites, large volumes of data, heterogeneous hardware, software and protocols
7. Impact of federated storage solutions and their integration with public or private wide area networks
8. Sync and Share storage services and their integration across different domains

For more information, specific questions please contact the organisers (INFN, ICSC and GÉANT) at sig-ciss-fed-storage-ws@lists.geant.org .

VENUE

Tecnopolo DAMA – Data Manifattura Emilia-Romagna
📍 Via Stalingrado 84/3, 40128 Bologna (BO)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nN1DipqpBbwhqcHy6

NEARBY HOTELS

Hotel Internazionale
📍 Via Indipendenza, 60 – 40121 Bologna
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Royal Hotel Carlton
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Zanhotel Europa
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Zanhotel Tre Vecchi
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Starhotels Excelsior
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Hotel I Portici
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Hotel Commercianti
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Sav Hotel
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Aemilia Hotel
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Hotel Metropolitan
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The Sydney Hotel
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Hotel University
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Zanhotel Regina
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Hotel Accademia
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